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Attitude by Katherine Hepburn in The Lion in Winter.

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[don-negro.livejournal.com]

One of the finest movies ever, and the most quotable.

[blessed-harlot.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh, a fabulous quote, and a beautiful picture. Always thought she was a fox. And, how does Phedre say it... about steel being under the flower? She reminds me of that.

[qos.livejournal.com]

Katherine Hepburn is gorgeous -- always was, all her life.

But I never thought her strength was hidden behind a flower. She was unapologetic about her strength, never hid it (unless she was masking it to make Spence look better).

[blessed-harlot.livejournal.com]

Oh I didn't intend to suggest hiddenness, far from it. More a very specifically feminine strength.

[qos.livejournal.com]

Ah. . . then yes, I definitely agree.

[southernselkie.livejournal.com]

That is just wonderful. :)

[qos.livejournal.com]

Don't know if you're still a fan of Alais, but there's a lovely icon of her as well -- plus some other fun ones of the rest of the cast.

http://curtana.livejournal.com/449445.html

[southernselkie.livejournal.com]

I wish they had her strong statement. That is the one I could really use right now. I'm steaming and it would be cool. Where she says "I have nothing to lose, that makes me dangerous." Oh i'd love that right now. Now I wish is the time I could get you to come out here and go out for a drink with me. I need to growl. *growling sigh*

[qos.livejournal.com]

Except that you have a great deal to lose. . . You are not a powerless hostage like she was.

[southernselkie.livejournal.com]

True, though I have often thought of that statement in a different way. Then it has to be attatched to the "Kings, Queens, Princes and I'm the only pawn part... which really doesn't suit either. It always made me think more of the "I'm not in your game of power so I'm not trapped by it" slant on it. Which seems to fit when I think about all of the social and cam idiocy i finally got out of. I just need some angry defiant icons. heh

[qos.livejournal.com]

I've very often felt that I'm not part of the power games that go on around me -- and one of the complications of being a project manager for the first time in a large organization was suddenly being thrust into politics and power dynamics in a way I have never experienced before.

It makes some people very upset when you don't buy into their power games. ;-)

[professor-mom.livejournal.com]

*snork*

[neversremedy.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's my favorite line ... right along with, "I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn ... but the troops were dazzled.

I played Eleanor in college and loved her, loved her, loved her. ^__^

[qos.livejournal.com]

I love that line too.

You're so lucky to have been able to play that role!

At the same time, I find myself wondering how well any college student could play either Henry or Eleanor. I'm hardly decrepit, but I certainly have a different perspective on Eleanor's sense of fading beauty and creeping mortality than I did when in my early twenties.

[neversremedy.livejournal.com]

It was a lot of fun, even if the cast was a bit ... odd. I thought I'd get Alais, but my girlfriend was far younger and willowy looking. My boyfriend at the time actually played an unbelievable Henry, but he was a good actor and with the excellent make-up artist we had (my lover Roy played both Jeff and had experience in doing horror film latex make-up), he pulled off being a bit older. yet still we looked young for most of our roles. We had a flamingly gay man playing a very flamboyant Richard, and with Roy slinking about like a snake, his Jeffrey was both sinister and amusing. I wasn't too keen on the performance of John--played like Igor from Frankenstein more than a simpering young lad bent on self-indulgent fratericide. But all-in-all, a good time and not too poorly played. :)

I just realized I was sleeping with three of the main characters in the cast. Is there something wrong with me? *laughs* I just wish I had it all on tape. Err ... the play, not the um, other bit.